Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 4: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla today reviewed the power supply scenario at a high level meeting of Power Development Department functionaries.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary Power Development Department, B R Sharma, District Development Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma, Development Commissioner Power, M A Salroo, Chief Engineer M&RE Jammu, Shehnaz Goni and Executive Engineers. The Minister took stock of the measures being taken to up-grade the power infrastructure to improve the power supply scenario in the State.
The meeting listed various projects taken up under various Centrally sponsored schemes to modernize the Transmission and Distribution network aimed at containing the T&D losses.
Minister asked the PDD authorities to take every possible step to plug the power and revenue pilferage and achieve set targets of revenue collection. He asked PDD to ensure uninterrupted power supply to metered areas and at the same time ensure hundred percent revenue collections as per the consumption.
Mr. Bhalla also called for making the people aware about the benefits of energy saving, besides encouraging them to voluntarily disclose their power load so that improved power supply could be supplied to them after upgrading the power infrastructure in their respective localities as per the actual load.
The Minister asked the PDD functionaries to implement the power reforms and personally monitor the load of at their respective areas of jurisdiction.
He further asked PDD authorities to explore the possibility to install special feeders for running Water Supply Schemes to improve the drinking water facilities in Raika, Beermeni, Sunjwan, Bathindi, Shastri Nagar, Preet Nagar, Lower Gaddigarh, Hakkal, Greater Kailash, Barzalla, Raipur Satwari, Rohi Morh, Bahu Fort and Channi Himmat.
Earlier, the Minister also visited Jeevan Nagar, Satwari and Shastri Nagar and inspected the ongoing macadamisation work on 6-lane Satwari-Kunjwani, Jeevan Nagar-Maralian road, besides construction work on parking lot at Shastri Nagar near Cremation Ground. He asked the executing agencies to complete the projects within specific time period.
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